At 03:45 AM 10/1/2002, Goyder Dr HGD wrote:
>Many thanks to all who replied.
>
>The original problem was as follows:
>
>In a presentation I wish to use Plot to generate a sequence of frames and
>then animate them. The problem is that the audience sees the animation
>twice. Once when the frames are being generated and then again after I have
>closed the group and double clicked on the top graphic. However, the first
>showing during generation is enough (but uncontrolled).
>
>Is it possible to tidy up the generation of the graphic so that it becomes
>the animation?
>
>
>There were two main solutions which I now apply to my real problem and not
>the simple, generic, problem in the original post.
>The real problem was how to build up a probably density function (PDF) in
>real time. In the examples below I redraw the PDF every time I add 10
>points.
>
>Initialise
>
><<Statistics`ContinuousDistributions`;
><<Statistics`DataManipulation`;
><<Graphics`Graphics`;
><< JLink`;
>wb=WeibullDistribution[2.101349094155377,22.58126779173235`];
>midpts=Table[i,{i,0.5,50,1}];
>
>Solution from Omega Consulting
>
>GraphicCell[graphics_] :=
> Cell[GraphicsData["PostScript", DisplayString[graphics]],"Graphics"]
>
>Block[{$DisplayFunction=Identity, graphs},
> data={};
> graphs =
> Table[data=Flatten[Join[data,RandomArray[wb,10]]];
> freq=BinCounts[data,{0,50,1}];
> GraphicCell[
> BarChart[Transpose[{freq,midpts}],ImageSize ->500] ], {500}];
> NotebookWrite[EvaluationNotebook[],Cell[CellGroupData[graphs,Closed]]];
> SelectionMove[EvaluationNotebook[], All, GeneratedCell];
> FrontEndExecute[{FrontEndToken[EvaluationNotebook[],
> "SelectionAnimate"]}]
> ]
>
>This solution works but it generates 500 frames and sometimes exceeds the
>memory.
>The paradigm here is generate all frames, then animate all frames. We
>really need a loop that does:
>
> generate next frame, delete last frame, show next frame
>
>Is it possible to do this?
Yes, however, I thought you didn't want to see the selection bar moving
around during the animation. That's why I chose to generate the whole
animation in one shot. Also, when you write the new cell over the old cell
there is a "flash" between frames as the old frame is deleted. Here's an
example of a frame-by-frame method.
GraphicCell[graphics_] :=
Cell[GraphicsData["PostScript", DisplayString[graphics]],"Graphics"]
CellPrint[Cell["","Graphics"]];
Block[{$DisplayFunction=Identity},
Do[
SelectionMove[EvaluationNotebook[], All, GeneratedCell];
NotebookWrite[EvaluationNotebook[],
GraphicCell[Plot[x y,{x,0,1}, PlotRange->{0,50}]]],
{y,50}
]
]
Also, if you add ShowCellBracket->False to GraphicCell and a Pause to the
loop, then things get much better visually.
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